Core Curriculum – Topics (2004-2005)
Acute hepatidities
Acute pancreatitis
Anorectal motility testing
Ascites
Assessment of nutritional status and nutrient deficiencies
Breath testing
Colon histology
Colorectal cancer
Communications with patients
Cost-effective analyses
Critical Appraisal: Harm
Critical Appraisal: Treatment
Dyspepsia
EBM Treatment of esophageal varices
EBM Treatment of ulcerative colitis
Endoscopic and surgical management of GERD
EUS
Evidence-Based Medicine
Gallstone disease
Hepatobiliary disorders in pregnancy
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Interpretation of diagonstic tests
Interpretation of LFTs and lab testing for liver disease
Liver Transplantation: Indication, Outcomes, Anatomy
Medical Literature
Metabolic response to starvation/undernutrition
Motility disorders
Neuroendocrine tumors
Nutritional support of patients with liver disease
Ostomy 101
Parasites
Pancreatic enzymes
PEG Tubes – Care, Indications and Complications
pH Testing
Photodynamic therapy for Barrett’s esophagus
Polyp follow-up/colon cancer screening recommendations
Risk management issues
Screening of colonic polyps and surveillance measures
Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
Small bowel capsule endoscopy – four hours
Small bowel motility
Small bowel pathology
Therapeutic interventions in IBS
Treatment of Crohn’s disease